Black Skinny Jeans for Women

"Upgrade Your Style With Black Skinny Jeans"

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Black skinny jeans are super-trendy and a must in any fashion-conscious woman's closet. I personally love wearing them. I don't know if it's because they slim down my legs and butt, or if it's because black is one of my favorite colors. But I do know that I feel comfortable in them and that they go with absolutely everything else in my wardrobe!

This page will provide you with fashion tips and tricks on how to look great in black skinny jeans and what to pair them with, including recommendations on where to buy these basic womens jeans.

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You can also find black skinny jeans in a variety of styles, and not just the plain type. In different washes like distressed, shredded style, acid wash, faded black, grayish-black and bluish-black and not least, embellishments like studs and ankle zippers!

How to Wear Skinny Jeans

One thing many women complain about skinny leg jeans is that they make their butt and hips look big! I totally agree ( I like having a little bit of curves though), but black skinny jeans are different because the color is dark and it'll instantly slim down your lower bottom ;-)

If you're an inverted triangle or apple shape:

Rachel Bilson wearing black skinny jeans
Rachel Bilson via Justjared

Be careful with black skinny jeans as they can make you look wider on top because they make your legs and hips look slimmer, highlighting your upper half. Here are couple of tricks to make it work for your shape:

Slim your upper half.

Wear a pair of bright or detail-rich shoes. These will automatically draw the eye downwards and away from your upper half and add more volume on the narrowest area of your body.

Opt for details like acid wash, creases, studs and details along the front pockets, fade mark on the thighs, etc. to add more volume to your legs.

If you're a petite or a plus-size figure and want to look taller/slimmer: Avoid wearing high contrasting garments and shoes with the skinnys. Like for example if you choose to wear a white tee with black jeans you'll cut your figure in halves at the hemline, making you look shorter/bigger.

If you absolutely want to wear a white top with the black jeans make sure you top it off with something dark colored like black vest or dark brown cardigan to streamline your figure. Or add a pair of heels.

If you don't like the feeling of the tapered legs

Opt for straight leg jeans instead! They look exactly like skinnys but they're slightly wider and might be more comfortable around the ankles on you.

Check out my guidelines for selecting the best denim jeans for your body figure.

Now I'm sure you're wondering about what to pair them with? Check out my suggestions below:

What to Wear with Black Skinny Jeans

You can pair them with almost anything because they're quite versatile. Here are a couple of chic ideas to wear a pair of black skinny jeans:

Checkered Shirt:

A laid-back and up-to-date look. In my opinion, a checkered shirt looks better with black skinny than blue jeans because it tones down the whole country-barnyard vibe ;-)

Wear the shirt loosely with a simple tee.

Minikiss icon Tee:

A standard garment to wear with black skinny jeans. I particularly like to add a cool print tee or a slightly oversized American Apparel t-shirt with a deep V-neck.

A simple tunic tee also looks great with the skinnys but to freshen up the look make sure you add a couple of nice accessories in the mix, like for example a pashmina scarf, long pendant necklace or/and a large cocktail ring.

Black skinny jeans ankle booties

Minikiss icon Boots:

Pair them with black or dark brown ankle or knee/thigh high boots. A little bit of heels is a must if you want to look gorgeous on the dance floor or for a hot guy.

However, flat boots are more casual-looking and go hand in hand with the jeans.

Minikiss icon Peep Hole Shoes:

They add a feminine and discreet sexy flair to very black and dark jeans.

Now let's take a look at my shopping recommendations from around the internet!

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Macy's | $$ | Find quality and fitting black skinnys (DKNY, Calvin Klein, Levi's. etc.) in their 'Under $50'-section.

Karmaloop | $$ | Urban-trendy black jeans by Tripp NYC, Cheap Monday, Obey and more.

PacSun | $ | Black skinnys at PacSun voted #1 by Seventeen Magazine.

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